'Star' your favourite funds to make them easy to find Pendal Smaller Companies Fund

Entry Price $2.124600
31.07.2025
Exit Price $2.114000
31.07.2025 History
Significant Features: The Pendal Smaller Companies Fund is an actively managed portfolio of Australian smaller companies shares.

Fund Objective: The Fund aims to provide a return (before fees, costs and taxes) that exceeds the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries (TR) Index over the medium to long term.
Minimum investment: $25,000
Benchmark: S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries (TR) Index
Distribution Frequency: Half Yearly
Distribution (cpu): 25.8908    30.06.2025
Management fee: 1.22% p.a. Other fees and costs also apply – please refer to the PDS or ‘Fees and costs’ flyer for more information
Buy Sell spread: 0.50% (0.25%/0.25%)
Risk Level: High
Risks: An investment fund is subject to a number of risks. For a detailed description of these risks please refer to the PDS.
APIR code: RFA0819AU

Fund Performance

As at 30/06/25
Period ending:
As at
30/06/25
1m 3m 1yr 3yr (p.a) 5yr (p.a) % since inception 29/12/1992
Total return (Before fees and tax) -0.41 7.65 12.16 15.69 11.28 13.08
Benchmark: S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries 0.85 8.62 12.26 10.00 7.37 7.25
Total return After fees -0.51 7.31 10.79 14.28 9.92 11.78
Distribution 10.99 11.85 12.77 6.29 9.79 9.50
Growth -11.50 -4.54 -1.99 7.99 0.13 2.28

Source of fund performance data: Pendal. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. This information is for general information and is not to be regarded as a securities recommendation. Where performance returns are quoted “After fees” then this assumes reinvestment of distributions and is calculated using exit prices which take into account management costs but not tax you may pay as an investor. Where “Growth” returns are shown, these represent the percentage change in the value of units in the fund excluding any distributions paid. “Distribution” returns equal the difference between the “Total return (After fees)”, and the Growth return. Where performance returns are quoted “After fees and tax”, they are calculated using exit prices which take into account management costs and taxes paid within the trust up to a maximum of 15%. Where performance returns are quoted “Before fees and tax”, they exclude the effects of management costs and any taxes. You can view our Unit Pricing Discretions Policy here.

Meet the Team

  • Lewis EdgleyPortfolio Manager
  • Patrick TeodorowskiPortfolio Manager

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